Bass String Splice

[hubert liverman]

Hi Joe,
I was thinking a "single" string that broke below the'pressure bar' that
Mark had to unwind to splice. I just read you response to mine. Bichords are
another matter and I agree with your system and advice entirely.

Hubert Liverman
Opelika,Al



> Hi Mark, On original strings, only a little of the ends are swedged to
> tighten the winding and hold it in place.
> Universal strings on the other hand, I think, have a square shape or
swedge
> to the entire core as one does not know where the ends of the wire will
be,
> so it is necessary to have that as a part of their design. This is most
> likely why there is so much negative comment as to the sound of the
> universal replacement strings. There is more chance that there will be
> unequal segments in the core causing beating on a single string, thus
> causing a problem for the unison bichord.
> Joe Goss RPT
> Mother Goose Tools
> imatunr@srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <mps@usol.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:35 AM
> Subject: Bass String Splice
>
>
> > Hello to all!
> >
> > This morning I spliced a broken single bass string on an old upright.
> > Since the the wire broke relatively close to the copper windings, it was
> > necessary to remove some of them to be able to make the needed
> > loop in the wire.
> > All went well with the splice until I began pulling it up to pitch. It
now
> > has "zero" tone to it. It sounds as though it is being dampened
> > somewhere. (However, it is not!)
> > Could it be that too many windings were removed and it is now new
> > wire time?  (I removed about an inch of the copper)
> >
> > Thank you in advance
> >
> > Mark
> > Montbriand
> >
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